Dotted line for the finish line — Cowen pens deal for €80 million race spectacular

It’s official. As we revealed here on this page last week, Galway is set to host the biggest global party in Irish sailing history.

The finale and the prize-giving ceremony of the next edition of the world’s biggest ocean yacht race is coming to the west of Ireland, putting Galway once again firmly on the Volvo Ocean Race map.

Galway to celebrate National Childminding Week

The Galway City and County Childcare Committee is planning a number of events to celebrate National Childminding Week, which will take place from March 22 to 27.

The theme of this year’s event is Let’s Get Out and Play, and childminders will be demonstrating how they encourage children to go out and play as much as possible.

William Wallace’s sword to be carried in Galway’s St Patrick’s Day Parade

The sword of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish knight and national hero who led his country in the Wars of Scottish Independence, will be displayed in Galway next week and carried in the city’s St Patrick’s Day Parade.

Wallace is most famous for his military leadership and defeat of the English army at Stirling Bridge in 1297, and the presence of the replica sword carried by him in Galway represents a new link and association that is being forged between Galway and Stirling, a city in the Scottish midlands, bordering the Highlands and Lowlands.

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